The Sun. — London, England, 1826-06-03 00:00:00

. date of Corfu, repeating the statement before given, of considerable number of the garrison of Missolonghi having cut their way through the enemy, and reached the mountains. Other accounts state, that these defenders of their country proceeded to Athens Pwith the view of defending that city against the ,con • templated attack of IBRAHIM PACHA. It is added, that on the very day of the catastrophe of Missolonghi IB R A HIM had offered to the besiged an honourable .4 capitulation. Allowing' this to be the case, it is not surprising that men devoted to their country's cause, should have preferred the glorious fate of perishin& in the ruins of their fortress, to the surrender of so - , Iportant a post, and to relying on the honour of so .treacherous and merciless a conqueror as the PACHA. The Etoile mentions the arrival at San JagoTde Cuba, of the Guerrero, Spanish ship of the line, which nailed from Cadiz about three months ago. This ship as said to have joined the expedition assembled there under General Don LAnonn E, Commander-in-Chief • ' of the Spanish Naval force in the Antilles, who, it is :said, was to go with his squadron to the coasts of the Colony, in the course of April, from which it would seem that the reports of intended attacks on Cuba are without foundation. President BOYER of Hayti, is stated to have given up one year's salary (40,000 gourdes) towards the liquidation of the debt due by the Republic to France, saying, " That pecuniary sacrifices are but trifles to truly patriotic citizens, when every good Harlan should be always ready to perish, if necessary, in the defence of his liberty, and of the independence of his country." FaIINCK FUNDII,—PARIS, May 31.—Five per Cents., 97f. ; Three per Cents., 65f. 90c. ; Bank Stock, 2,040 f. ; Neapolitan }lento, 74f. 40c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 46i. ; llaytian Loan, 7 20f.—.Exchange on London, one month, Of. 50c. ; three ditto, 25f. 30c. A Letter was issued yesterday by Mr. FREELING, from the Post Office, announcing that, in consequence of Parliament being dissolved, the franks of last evening were necessarily charged with postage. , This will astound many (food people when they receive their letters at breakfrtst time this morning ! and cer tainly will not be a very an annunciation to those who receive letters from Members of the late Parliament, that the Proclamation for the dissolution, had really been issued yesterday, though it appeared in no other paper than ours. But, seriously speaking, with all our respect for Mr. FREELING, and the extra ordinary correctness with which the business of his de partment is conducted, we are inclined to question the propriety, if not the legality of this measure. It ap pears to US that a letter franked by a Member, prior to the hour at which the Proclamation was issued, was decidedly entitled to be sent free of postage on that day, and that the subsequent issue of the Proclamation ought not to be considered as annulling an Act which had been done during the existence of the privilege. With equal justice, letters directed by Members on the preceding day, to distant parts, may, on reaching their destination, be charged with so much of the duty of postage as belonged to their conveyance from the spot which it may be calculated that they were at, on • • their journey, at the moment when his MAJESTY af fixed his Royal signature to the Proclamation. It sp pears to us that this is straining the point too Much, and those who have addressed letters under the impres sion that they would be free of postage, and those who will have the pleasure of paying their double or treble postage, have equal and real grounds for complaining of not having been fairly dealt with on this occasion. It would be amusing to lay before the French Chamber of Deputies, a statement of the Annual Ex penditure of the Turnpike Trusts round London. The'amount would occasion some little surprise to the French Minister of Finance, when we find him answering, as on Tuesday last, the complaints made , by some Deputies, of the bad state of the roads in France, by vauntingly assuring die Chambers, that no less a sum than 422,000 f. is annually spent on the repair of the roads—a sum equal to less than 20,0001. for the roads of a country of the geographical extent of France ! It is no longer surprising that travellers • find so much difirence between the Macadamized roads of this country, and,the paved roads of France. A Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday last has been published this morning, containing copies and ex tracts of Dispatches which have been received at the India House, from the Governor-General in Council, all of which relate to the operations of the Army em ployed against the Burmese Empire, but are of a prior date to the accounts which have been previously' re ceived. Space will not allow of our giving the Dis patches at length to-day. We are sorry to say that these Dispatches confirm the report which reached us some time since, of 'a body of native troops which had been sent in advance, to dislodge the enemy from a position which they occupied, on the • route by which the British army was to move from . Promo, having failed in its object, on the night of the 15th of November, and having been compelled to return with the loss of its gallant commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Macdowall killed, and thirteen officers wounded-the names of which we subjoin :- 22d Regiment Madras N. I.—Major R. S. Evans, severely; Bird and Lieut. J. P. Hay, severely, not danger ously 2€41, " Limit. s F. Darby, J. Shepherd, and M. Poole , slig htl y . uto----Capt. Coyle, severely. 43d Ditto--.Captaioe g , H. :Wiggins and A. M'Leod , sligh tl y; Lieut. T. C. Bullki❑ d C. R u i n i ng . and angerously, since dead ; Lieut. E. Hug" W. 'Ekey, severely; Soubatlar Sooloa moony, slightly.• In the last number of the Edinburgh Review, in the Paper relating to the London University, the Editor hazarded some assertions on the subject of the Classical languages, which be observed he feared would not appear quite orthodox. We acknowledge that to oa they appear to be not only nut orthodox, but in correct, and more particularly that passage where, *patting of the Greek language, he hesitates not to occlare that in copiousness the Greek is far superior to the Latin or any modern language ; and in proof of this assertion, he adduces Cicero himself, who, he ob- lves by his frequent adoption of Greek words in lieu of Latin, tacitly acknowledges his assent to this su periority. Now, it is curious to observe what Cicero himself says on this subject in his first book----" De &lams malorum et bonorum ;" and to those who may have read the paper to which we allude, in the .editiburgh, and who are interested in classical literature, we have no doubt but the following Ciceronian defence of the Latin language, as if in answer to the assertions of a modern Reviewer, will "year peculiarly interesting:—" Ita sentio, et step° ""erui, Latinam linguam non modo non inopen), ut rulg o putant, sed loeupletiorem etiam esse gum mam," THE FUNDS. CITY, Half-past Twelve a' Clock. Consols opened at 801, and advanced to 801; they have since fallen to 801 1, their present price, with little business doing, al though there appears a strong party going for a rise on these prices. Three per Cent. Consols, abut ; Ditto, for Account, 801,1,1, 1,1, 1; India Bonds, 7,8, pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 8,9, pm. ; 4 per Cent. Scrip, pm. 1?01111CY PUNDB.—Austriao, 67, 8 ; Brazilian, 56, '7; Buenos Ayres, 58, 60; Colombian, 1822, 38, 9; Ditto, 1824, 411, 1; Danish, 561, 7 ; G;eek, 141, 15 ; Russian, 801, 81 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 521, 3i; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 611, '7l. Mtxxs.—Atsglo Mexican. 121, 7k, dis. ; Brazilian, '7, 6, die. ; Colombian, 7,8, per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 10, 9, die. ; United Mexican, 21, 11, dis. Two o' Clock! Consols have since been 801; ultimately buyers and sellers, for a short time rose to 8011, and retrograded to the present price 80i to a /. THREE o'CLOCK. The price of 3 per Cent. Consols are rather im proved, the price is 801.1. FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Danish Bonds 561 Greek Bonds 1825 44 Mocicanßonds 1825,611 Peruvian Bonds Russian Bonds 80 1 Spanish -- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Consols Do. for Op. 80f Brazilian Bonds 564 I Buenos Ayres Chilian Columbian, 1824, Captain John Maxwell, of his Majesty's ship Aurora, died on Wednesday on board that ship, just as she was on the point of sailing for the West Indies. Captain Maxwell had been ill but a few hours, and is much regretted by his Officers and ship's com pany. Capt. J. C. Austen has been appointed to succeed him in the Aurora. Our Port Letters contain no other news. The African steam-vessel, which was lately fitted out for the use of the Governor of Sierra Leone, arrived there in 83 days, from Falmouth. • LLOYDS'.--('1'1119 DAY.) The Dundas, Rensuf, from Monte Video, has arrived at Jeriey; sailed, 17th March. DEAL, JUNE Q.—Wind N.N.E.—Passed through from the river, the Ocean, Whittle, for Honduras ; Henry, Rodd, for Hali fax ; and Janet, Oliphant, for Gibraltar. A brig, from Nevis, has arrived and remain, name not reported. The Brilliant, for Petersburgh, remains wind-bound. PORTSMOUTII, JUNE 2.—Wind N.E.—Passed by, the Colonist, Smith, from Barbadoes, landed passengers, and the Master and Agent of the late ship Shipley, transport, lost at Barbadoes. PLYmouru, JUNE I.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary, Watson, from Charente. Sailed the Friends, Brown, for Jersey. FA tat o u Tll, JUNE 1.--Wind N. —Arriv ed the Sauey, Crews, for Cork, and Active, Banks, from London. Livarteout., JUNE I.—Wind N.—Arrived the Catherine, Campbell, from Savannah ; Endymions, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ann, Sly, from Sierra Leone ; Fairfield, Fawcett, from Cliarleston;. and the Tagus, from Lisbon. The Chronicle of this morning has adopted a new arrangement of its news, under thehead of " THE Minivan OF FASHION." It "sincerely regrets that the distresses of the ma nufiwturers of Bradford and Trowbridge increase daily ;" and it gives in a paragraph " the origin of the word Welch." We ti hail in future expect to find Marriages under the head of " GENERAL ELecTroN"--Births announced tur " ACCIDENTS AND Or reNcas"—and " Robberies" denominated " ELEGANT Ex- TRACTS. MEETING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. (nusDAY. ) This morning, about eleven o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council assem bled at the Council Office, Whitehall Place, to hear appeals brought before them, from decisions of the Commissioners for claims of British subjects and others on the Government of France. The Lords present were the Earl of Harrowby, as Lord President, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Bexley, and Lord Colchester. The first case which occupied their Lordships' attention was that of Messrs. Boyd, Ker, and Co., bankers, of Paris, for a balance due to the Receiver General of the Duchy of Valois, part of the royal domains of France, as they existed before the revo lution ; the reversion of which was purchased by Messrs. Boyd, in the year 1791. Messrs. Fonblanque and Carr were heard for Messrs, Boyd, Ker, and Co. and the King's Advo cate General for the Commissioners ; but their Lord ships did, not, come to any decision when our paper went to press. LAw - TwiTT.LTGEI - 4c E. COURT OP CHANCERY—Chino DAY.) WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. Mr. SIIADWELL begged to state, that as his Lord ship was going out of Court on Thursday, he (Mr. S.) was in the act of handing up an affidavit that had been made by Mr. Pitman and some others, which they had thought necessary to make, but which the Court did not then receive. lie had now in his hand the original brief of the affidavits that had been marked by his Lordship, which he would now hand in to the Court ; and also the office copies of the different other affidavits that had been made on the part of the peti tioners. He was likewise very anxious to set a matter right upon which there seemed to be some misunderr standing. There had been a correspondence between the Dtike of Wellington and the Misses Long, and in which the Duke had expressed his wish that a representation made to the Court, namely, to keep the children where they are, met with the appro batton of all the family, was not quite correct. 'lids correspondence was also constituted of one letter, written by Mr. Hutchinson, the Solicitor of the Misses Longs ; and part of the last letter, written by pie Duke, he (Mr. S.) was requested to state to .he Court, which, in the very terms of the letter, only observing that the statement complained of, was made by him (Mr. S.) on the 11 th of April : " The Duke of Wellington had consented to accept the guardian ship of the children a t the time the Lord Chancellor bad ordered the Master to fix upon guardians to take charge of them during the absence of their father. The Duke had, at the same time, for reasons not necessary to be discussed at present, desired to have nothing to say to any proceedings Chancery iipon this sub ject, or with the view of in supporting the appointments of a guardian, after the appointment of a guardian should be made under an order of the Court. It is, therefore, an error to say, that the Duke had ever ex. pressed any wish or, desire with resp ect to the result of this suit. After the learned counsel had read this from the Duke's own letter, he felt he should not be doing justice to Lord Maryborough gild the Misses Longs, if he did not proceed a little further. Mr. HAnr---(tvith assumed sulprise.)--Is all this Mr. Mr. Wellesley's case ? Mr. SHAD - WELL.--YCS. Mr. H Alt ? Mr. SHADWELL.—Yes. , Mr. HARP.--But how does it come on r Mr. SHADWELL.—Upon my statement. His LORDSUIP.---it comes on now, Mr. Hart/ just as you brought it on the other day, by saying you- had received a letter from a member vf the family,' Mr, merely stated, my Lord, that I had been requested to state a letter, from one of the family to your Lordship, which I did not think I could do. His LORDSUIP.—Yon stated, that from that letter, you understood, it was not the wish of all the family, that the representation made to the Court on a former occasion, should be considered as correct ; and Mr. Shadwell, in what he has now said, has only con finned your statement. How far, I, can take any notice of either statement, made in this way, is another thing. Mr. HART.—Then if Mr. Shadwell will now stop this till Tuesday, it won't be the worse of cooling. Mr. SHADWELL.--I only wish to state the matter in its true light, and from the very language of his Grace himself. Mr. HART.---This is newspaper argument. Mr. SIIADWELL.—Mr. Hart, it is a wish on my part to state the case correctly. Mr. sta HART.— till Tuesday Well,b but won't it be better to delay your Mr. SIIADWELL.---I have only a few words more to address to the Court. • Mr. HART.---BUt this is what I certainly ueprecate. His LORDSHIP.—Mr. Shadwell has only con firmed your statement, Mr. Hart, by saying the Duke of Wellington has been no party to the proceedings. Mr. HART.--Then. I presume Mr. Shadwell is in structed by the Duke to make this statement ? Mr. SHADWELL.—No, I am not. His LORDSIIIP.—You go no further, Mr. Hart, than I dare say I should do if I were in your place : you consider that all this goes into the newspapers, people read the newsiiipers, and then they wish to say something for themselves. Mr. BART.--What your Lordship has just said respecting newspapers, prevents my making any ob servation, which I otherwise should have done. Mr. SHADWELL.—.I am sure your Lordship will always allow a Counsel to set himself right, when it is imputed to him that he was in an error. Mr. HART.—This may be very fit and proper for the newspapers. His LORDS1111).—I believe it will turn out that what you have both said is not worth a paragraph in the newspapers. Mr. HART.-0 yes it will, my Lord ; any thing to fill up the columns. [This latter sentence of Mr. Hart's might be con sidered correct, if he were justifiable in judging of the making up of a newspapers columns in analogy to his views of propriety in occupying the public's time, al most daily, for several hours, in stating a case to the Court, by reading aloud his brief (probably for the first time), from beginning to end, in a way to lull to sleep half of those who were awake when he began.] Mr. SIfADWELT:—My Lord, I have the authority of the Duke of Wellington for stating what I have done ; and as he has represented to the Misses Longs that what I stated to your Lordship was not stated from sufficient instructions, it is right for me now to say, that what I represented was in consequence of a letter written by Lord Maryborough to the Misses Longs, in these terms It may be well to inform you, that there is no branch of any family, with whom I have communicated, that does not fully concur with me, in approbation of the views of the Misses Tilney Longs, and in reprobation of the conduct of Mr. Long Wellesley." Now, if in what I stated I committed an error, it was only an error into which any body would have fallen upon reading these letters. Mr. HART—WeII, if I don't very much mistake, your Lordship will have another very important affida vit before Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIG HATTON-GARDEN.—('rius DAY. ) A curious scene took place in the office this morn ! . ing, in the hearing of a complaint against a hackney coachman, for extorting .more than his legal fare.— he summons was ordered for hearing at H o'clock, and before that time, the Jamey was in attendance in the outer office, but not knowing the person of the complainant, he was of course ignorant of his arrival. Soon aver eleven, a Magistrate for the County of Middlesex arrived, and took his seat with Mr. Rogers the sitting Magistrate, on the bench.—The Coachee was immediately called in, and the following dialogue ensued between the County Magistrate and the knight of the whip. MAGISTRATE.—Do you know the gentleman that has summoned you here ? Coaches.---No I do not, master. MAGISTRATE.—You would not know him then, if you were to see him ? Coachee.—l am quite sari!" I shoUltrtit. MAGISTRATE.—.I suppose you know what you are summoned here for? Coachee— Vy, Yes, I knows that ; and I knows I was kept a precious long while in the rain, till the voter poured out of me like winking. • MAGIsTRATE—WeII, I am the person that com plains against you—do you know me ? The coachman now began to be very submissive, and said, I beg your Vorship's pardon, but really I bad quite forgot you ; and if I have taken more than my fare, it's all a mistake—we are all liable to mis takes, you know. The Magistrate then said, that on Tuesday last he hired the defendant's coach, and was conveyed from his horse in Bedford-place, to Tattersall's. He kept the coach for about 2 hours and .50 minutes, and when he came to pay him his fare, be demanded nine shil lings, saying that was his legal right for the first 3 hours. He told him that it was under three hours, and that his fare was only Bs. ; but the defendant per sisted that it was 95., a nd he paid him that sum, say irig, now, mind, you'll remember it. Coachee.---So I dons now remember it, you bad a young gentleman with you, hadn't you ? Magistrate.—Yes, I had. c oac h ee „Well, I thought I know'd your face again, but. •'pon my word now, when you gived me the silver I never counted it. I didn't indeed, your Worship. There might have been nine shillings, or there might have been eight, hut if I took more than I ought its all a mistake. NLgiStrate.—Now..yo u make the case worse for ourself; it was no mistake , you exacted it, and - you now you did. Magistrate.—WWelieltli,legnive t a n ' : n v i e ; Y sl s ii ° ll7 ) :g f l o lc i k t .. it t C o o t a h e e h m ee ag (ta ist k r i a i t ig o o . le T fr h u e l r u e, llis pocket, and handing Magistrate.—Now pay the e i x ti p B e 4 n i c l e a s n o li f sta tte e. stim- Mons and the hearing, and I will 'not press for a penalty. Coachee paid as. 6d. expellees, and, after thanking the complainant for his forbearance, left the Office, quite elated at his good luck. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday the Duke of York gave a grand dinner to a numerous party, to meet the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. _ The Duke of York inspected the !wilding erecting, for his future residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, on Thursday afternoon. The Princess Augusta has accommodated her Royal Brother, the Duke of York, with the loan of her Royal Highness's Mansion-house at Frogmore, during the ensuing Ascot Races. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the King yes- terday. Yesterday the Duke of Gloucester visited Mr. Secretary Canniiig. The Duke of Northumberland gave a grand dinner yesterday, at Northumberland House. Yesterday Mr. Secretary Canning had an audience of his Majesty. The Lad of Liverpool transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secretary Peel. Lord Massey is to be married in a few days to Miss White, daughter of the late Luke White, Esq.— Dublin Freeman. The Marchioness of Hertford had a splenditl rout at Hertford House, Manchester-square, on Thursday evening, which was attended by all the leading and distinguished fashionables in town. Mrs. Angerstein gave her first rout for the season on Thursday evening, at her house in St. James's-square. The . grand suite of drawing-rooms were brilliantly illuminated. There were present nearly 300 of the haul ion. Mr. Stuart Wortley has been called to the House of Peers, by the title of Baron Warnclifre.—Warncliffe is vernacularly called Wantley, and is familiarized to the public, under this latter name, by the celebrated fable of the Dragon of Wantley. Lord Northland and Mr. Duncombe arc to be in cluded in the present creation of British Peers. A correspondent suggests, that the reason of Sir Henry Halford not being made a Peer is, that the worthy Baronet does not wish to relinquish his pro fession, and it would be ii!fra dignitatem for a Peer to feel pulses. The state of the interior of Leicester-sqnare is quite' a disarace to the inhabitants, the walks and shrubbe ries being entirely neglected, and the grass nearly foot high. What must the numerous foreigners who first view the state of the British metropolis think of it, from this specimen of indolence, bad taste, 811(1 par- simony. The wiseacres begin already to augur a wet summer. There are no less than nine Steam Packets em ployed by the Post Office Department alone, running constantly between England and Ireland ; namely, three from Holyhead to Dublin—three from Milford to Waterford—three from Poi tpatrick to Donaghadee. Independently of these, the Post Office is about to esta blish sonic very fine steam packets between Liverpool and Dublin ; and there are War Office steam,vessels constantly running between Bristol and Cork. This surprising facility and certainty of communication be tween the two kingdoms, which has been so lately established, cannot fail to prove extremely beneficial in its results, to the Sister Country. The mackerel fisbery . has been followed up along the Dorchester coast with almost unprecedented suc cess. The fishermen at Abbotsbury, and otherplaces in the bay, are stated to have taken 100,000 in one night. The wheats in this neighbourhood wear (with ry little exception) the most promising appearance. The late rains have been most beneficial to barley and other Lent crops, as well as to ,the grass.--Worcester Journal. • The crop Of apples iu most of the cider counties is said to be the largest which has been known for many years. The Marshal Duke of Dahnatia (Souk) is said to have become a convert to the Jesuits. A French mechanic has conceived the idea of pro. clueing has reliefs in soft metal by means of the chisel. He is said to have been pre-eminently successful. Very active exertions are at present making in France in favour of the Greeks. The French ladies are said to have risen en masse ; they are to be seen wandering in search of contributions from house to house in all quarters of the town, and among all classes of society. Numerous volunteers have enlisted in the cause, and large purchases of arms and military stores are said to have been made by the Committee of Phil— helenists, not a whit discouraged by the taking of Missolonghi. A file of Antigua papers to the 7th of April has been received. The greatest sensation has been pro duced by the Collector of the Customs of that island having seized all. slaves who have been in England since the year 1807 % according to report, at the ex press desire of the English Government, on the ground that they were entitled to their freedom. The magi stracy of Antigua issued a warrant against the collector. He refused to give bail, and was imprisoned.—Morn. ing Paper. We have been favoured with a perusal of a small collection of Sacred Music, that is shortly to make its .appearance under the ,siiperintendance of Mr. Goss, which we , have little doubt will meet with very gene ral approbation. It consists of the best ancient and' modern psalm tunes and hymns, (adapted to the new version, the most favourite responses to the com mandments, with a variety of single and double chaunts, all arranged in two lines. The accompaniment being given in ,small notes, and will form an elegant pocket volume for the use of parochial congregations. DA 1.1 INO BURG L A ItY.— Late last night, or early this morning, saute daring villains contrived to enter the premises of Messrs. llibottsun and Pultmr, the Printers, in Savoy...street, menus of pick luck keys and having effected their c e S t t t i tt i r t ca n t ‘ i i i i:e t b ge y i tting into the j• al!ital c,scarcelywhere a t i n it y ,y o i r o o n k o e ( 0 1 whence they sit& upwa• rds of aw. in cash, besides other 411ridittkTiitay:e such as ti b l i e li p ' t o el f irSeVN ' % 4 't i r 1"171171;'el8'ireo. The f burglars in their work of plunder, they had made the street-door secure in side, by a large &blot. No trace of the robbers have as pi been discovered. BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZINO MECITANISM. vele t ratitisecpt,to.ri)n• 1 1 , t i as on, la v, te l l b y kil laie ta r s t ? ) " , r ,tl l i c of the t l t , t , t; l ; l /t o ef ,,,t. (l'aini s • r e as of ina tl ii i e t Inc „ Th e ,Society .for Philosophical Tr«liSl i : 0 1 0 0 r 1 e l a s I , i . i i' causedta h i le d r: thiss iia year.gning clock. It is a singular circumstance, that a record exists, which states that Tompion was at work on this clock u 1, . ,, the (:i'reat Plague broke out in London; and, on the day I. finished it, lie himself was attacked with the pestilence. IL ft lends removed him to the Continent, Where he died. Or" tin Thomas Tookpion." Tempian WAS paid one hundred guineas, at."llll"llleelefeirtillet;i6l9l :I::::::';;:i;e:tiv‘rivi:ititliiiitt;g:tr-ltvit:t -cSB ::Li r : :ej l i t ta ) l ay l i ln i s t r l7 l :4 l . : :l ( ) s ill i t 7 e i n i i t I l i iiiiiniii pins, 1 1 e n 6 r: l 3 4: i lil y , where it lay, without a case, exactly a century and half.—Om tt l iit i lli wi r r r n i t , l i e ti rfi di t l l4 , tt l , v 4 e u r l e s f t o b t i i s m il l is li c , o l x:: ll4 brilliant as ever. We nets! , i ,,,,1y add, that the other machinery is as perfect as if finished vesta by. When placed in 4 new c.;,.e, this clock will be exhi bited to the public. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOODFORD 11111. RACES.THURSDAY, JUNE 1. The Essex Stakes of 7 soya. each. Nine Subscribers. Two wiles. Captain Felton's Oracle - - 1 Mr. Payne's Orestes - - - 3 Mr. Jewin's Plicebe - - - 8 Eigbt started, but only three were plaeod. -.Some brisk betting _ . on the field. , Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each was won by Mr. Mellish's Pluto, heating four others. Hunters' Stakes of Mil. Two-mile beats. Colonel Richardson's Flirt' - ' 1 I Mr. Bouverie's Abigail Mr. Renon's Rand om - - 2 8 Captain Smith's Forrester , - 4dr Mr. James's Felix - 6 Severe running. PEDEsTRIANIM. The sporting foot race, between Captain Pollen and Mr. G. West, for 800 move., took place yesterday morning, in Atherstone Park, Oxfordshire. The race was .1.5, miles, over a mile and a half of turf, and each measurement was perftnme ) l ae &How* In. S. Capt. P. Mile and a half 9 0 Do. - 9 S Do. 9 4 Do. 9 ti Do. 9 7 Do. 9 S Do. 9 10 Do. 9 11 • Do. 9 10 Do. 9 15 M. H. Mt'. W. Mile and a half 9 .2 Do. 9 1 °Po. 9 3 Do. 9 8 Do. 9 9 Do. 9 7 Do. 9 12 Do. 9 11 Do. 9 20 1)o. 9 22 91 9 91 85 It was a matchless fine race, and Mr. West was the 'favourite. FOOT RACE. IN Sr. JAISIESIS,SQUA kr.-.-011 Wednesday morn ing, about half-past six o'clock, a foot race was decided round St. Jamesi's•.square, between a celebrated dealer in Good-red Port, Claret, &c., in Piccadilly, and the waiter of an hotel, /any esta blished in Bond-street. Such a novel occurrence as a foot race on the square, drew together a great number of persons. It ap peared that the parties had been sacrificing to Bacchus and Mo nths till " night's candles were burnt out," and as they were iu their cups when the match was making, so they were nearly in the mud while it was deciding, for the knight of the napkin plainly showed, by his zig-sag movements, that he had not been napping for some time. " Why don't you run straight''" said a Great Irish wrestler (justly celebrated for twisting a cannon). "•Straight," said Napkin, " How the devil can a RUM run straight round, a square ?" As be found this impracticable, lie lost the match, which was for twenty sovereigns, and which sum the other drew with more alacrity than one of his own corks. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE AT WIIITEFIELD COLLIERY. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, JUNE 1..!--Nothing so truly disastrous, as the frightful explosion at White field Colliery, has occurred in this neighbourh o od for years. About 40 men and boys.have lost their lives t A Coroner's Inquest was held this day, and a verdict of Accidental Death returned upon all. the poor suf ferers. On the day . previous ,to , the explosion the colliery had not been at work, and whether the mis fortune can in any degree be attributed to this, does not seem to be ascertained ; one thing, however, is certain, that there must have been an immense body of inf. h gas, collected to produce an irruption so truly horrifying as the present, and fatal to so many of our fellow-creatures. It is supposed that as soon as the men .had descended to their work on the awful morning, that on ,some of the lights being kindled, the inflammable air had almost immediately ignited, and thus in one moment caused a scene of death and desolation most.painful to describe. The sound of the explosion was heard to a great distance ; and, indeed, so dreadful were its effects, that the details seem scarcely credible. Carves full of coals were propelled with indescribable velocity from the bottom of the pit to a considerable height in the air, and all the brattices in the colliery were sent forth in the same destructive manner. Several horses were thrown to the top of the shaft ; and some men, in the act of descending at the time the explosion took place, were, by the force of the concussion, cas t from 'a con siderable depth up to the surface, and sustained much injury, though none of their lives are despaired of. The machinery, &c. within the range of the explo sion was all blown to atoms. Great praise is (Inc to Messrs. Lamb, Poke send Co., the owners of Walbottle Colliery, f(.4 , promptly ordering their men to repair to the stone of distress., to render every assistance in their power in discovor ing the bodies, dead or living. Of the hitter, alas very few have been found. indeed, as far as can be ascertained, most of the people employed in this ex tensive- coal-work have lost their lives by this very deplorable calamity. On referring to the Report of the Meeting of the Society of Arts on Monday, we find that the Silver Vulcan Medal, and ten guineas, were presented to Mr. Roberts, for his discovery of a new artfety lamp, an improvement on the invention of Sir Humpluey Davy. The Duke of Sussex, on presenting the me dal to Mr. Roberts, complimented him in the highest terms for his great ingenuity, as, by the use of his lamp, the recurrence of accidents of the above descrip tion would be completely avoided. We expect, that these lamps will be brought into general use in min e s, and human life be no longer placed in jeopurity, Mr It. is also the inventor of the salky Ravel, of which so inuch was said a short time ago. HAY mATlKETs—(nink avv.) (At per load of 86 Ons,4es.) JAStrs'l.--Coaree heavy Low/and 'Meadow Hay, from et Jo.. to 8/. l Os. ; tit*lt i autoi ,?deader and Rye (Irmo% Hay, Si. 10s. to 4/. Itio, ; Plover Hay s Si. As. to Lit As.; Oat Straw, 11. Its. to j/, ttla. ; WheJt Straw, I/. 12a. to it itld. Supply moderately good, awl took du% at Thursday's priers. Sattritrigru.--,coorse heavy Lowhind Meadow Hay, from V. low. to 81. 10N. ; fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, 10s. to 4/. 10a. ; Clover Hay. generally, Si. 10a. to bl. sa. ; extraordinary fine, bl. lAs. ; Oat Straw, H. lOs. to 1/. 1 s. ; Wheat Straw 11. Ike. to 1/. 16a, Meadow Hay from As. to Os., Clover Hay As. per load higher than on Thursday ; prices of Straw atationary. Supply shot, and trade rather dull. COVENT,GATIDEN 11TAILKET,—(TtfrsDAY.) Potatoes, front 3s. to 7 a• pet ewt.,tel,kh is 4buut f " " I"' to Se. Oil. per Win c h es t er b us h e l ; Ca bb ages, fro n t qa. 10 Is. ; sod Cauliflowers, from 4s. to Ids. per dozen bead/if,- florae-radish, from 2w 8. to 4e. ; Iltoli, front bd. to is. ; Asparmus, front to Ss. ; and Celery, from 104. to le. 641. per bundle;- Young Carrots, from by. to I ; ; Coleworts, or Greens, unittarketablti_. ; Onions, front .9(1. to 2s. 04. ; and Leeks, from 10t1. to ls. 441. per awn bunches ; flatfishes, frton M. to tid. per churn hands; Coss Lettuces, front titl. to 10d 4 ; Green Gooseberrie s , f ro n t to 4K. 61.; and Green:olnt from 3s. to 7 n . p er h a lf s i e v e -41xtut 41. third of alottelo m; )ran g em, front Lis. 04. to 14s. Otl. ; and 1.0nt,ta417 141 " . to 12s. 04. per 100—or the former front 8/. 07 ) :,_ i t tl i ti t i:l l ll o 4 s Ct . tel : ree' S fl pa 7 ti:l f t ri: l l .L.l ):. Wato i lnu t t i s " I " 'IL to I°* ; 3" he c k 1 :i . lb. ; foretsl Strawber. o. 1s1 8 1014 : 01 : 6 ; 4 : :: Prices of Foreign st;stiottary ; those of almost every us, Asparag , un41 ,.„ 1 , 1 , , °l ,'7, 4/1 per tent, lower thou on th is d ay se'n— night. S thing e l" dant, and trade brisker than could hav e b ees . o pply. r NUMMI d V "I."t'